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Indian Rape Victim's Death Stirs Outrage and Resolve

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Amol Sharma

Updated Dec. 31, 2012 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI—The gang rape and death of a young Indian woman has sparked an outpouring of national grief and outrage, and a question: Will the tragedy prompt change, in laws and attitudes toward women, in the world's largest democracy?

The body of the victim, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, was flown to New Delhi on Sunday, where it was received by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress party, a government spokeswoman said. She was cremated a few hours later.

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